OmegaCAM

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OmegaCAM is a wide-field optical imaging camera designed for large-scale astronomical surveys, mounted on the VLT Survey Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical instrument
wide-field optical imaging camera
associatedWith Kilo-Degree Survey NERFINISHED
VST ATLAS survey NERFINISHED
VST Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge NERFINISHED
collaboration international consortium of European institutes
commissionedOn early 2010s
continent South America
country Chile
dataProduct photometric catalogues
wide-field optical images
designedFor large-scale astronomical surveys
detectorType CCD mosaic
fieldOfView approximately 1 square degree
hostTelescopeAperture 2.6-metre primary mirror
locatedAt Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED
locatedAtSite Cerro Paranal NERFINISHED
locatedIn Chile
mountedOn VLT Survey Telescope NERFINISHED
observatoryAltitude about 2600 metres above sea level
operatedBy European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED
partOf VLT Survey Telescope facility NERFINISHED
primaryMirrorDiameterOfHost 2.6 metres
scienceDomain astronomy
astrophysics
supportsFilterBands g-band
i-band
r-band
u-band
z-band
surveyMode imaging
telescopeType optical
usedFor cosmological surveys
galaxy evolution studies
imaging surveys of the southern sky
searches for variable and transient objects
stellar population studies
wavelengthRange optical

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